Celtic manager Ronny Deila believes his side can win all their remaining games this season if they can replicate the form they showed during their 4-0 demolition of Motherwell on Wednesday.
The Hoops moved two points clear of Aberdeen at the summit of the Scottish Premiership with a clinical performance over Motherwell at Celtic Park.
With a game in hand over their rivals, the destiny of the league title is now firmly back in Celtic's hands and Norwegian boss Deila believes his side will now take some stopping.
"Celtic can win every game when they play in Scotland. We are favourites whoever we meet, wherever we meet them and that's the way it's going to be," Deila said when asked if winning all their remaining homes this season was a realistic target.
"We want to be number one and now everything is in our hands.
"If we win the rest of our games we will be champions and that's the best position we can have.
"We know that there are so many games left and we just have to keep on performing like today and winning games and then we'll see at the end of the season if it's a race or not.
"If we keep on with that it is going to be hard to beat us."
After a shaky start to the season the Hoops have now recorded 11 wins in their past 13 matches, including four successive clean sheets.
And Deila revealed he is more relaxed in his role now as his side chase a historic domestic treble.
"We've been a bit unlucky with injuries earlier in the season so hopefully we can keep a bit of consistency in the squad now," Deila said.
"We have a lot of players back and we now there are a lot of big games coming up so that's very good.
"I'm more comfortable before games now. I feel more safe and trust the team more than before because I think we are growing more together and we understand what we expect of each other.
"It is the second part of the season now and if you are a player at Celtic and you see the games ahead and what we can achieve of course you step up a bit as we can win everything.
"That's a good feeling and it's very exciting so we are very determined and looking forward to every game."
Deila has welcomed a number of key players back in recent weeks, including defender Mikel Lustig who grabbed a double in a second-half substitute appearance against Motherwell.
Leigh Griffiths, who nodded home the second goal after Virgil van Dijk's header had opened the scoring midway through the first half, was delighted to see Swedish international Lustig return to action following two months out with injury.
"I'm just glad to see him back again. He had a horrible injury and it was nice to see him get some goals," Griffiths said.
"He is like that in training and he enjoys getting forward and scoring goals.
"It's coming to a crucial part of the season and we almost have a full squad. It's not often you can say that.
"Our challenge is to stay at the top now. That is where we want to be and our aim is to stay there."
Source: AFP
